And im christine romans. A naturalized american citizen is in custody with providing support to terrorists. We have cnns ian perez with the latest. Reporter the alleged terrorist threat that officials have warned us about for months. An american traveled overseas to fight with an Al Qaeda Group to plot an attack at home. A federal indictment charges the resident of Columbus Ohio with attempting to provide support to the terrorist group. Mohamud became a u. S. Citizen last year. He flew on a one way ticket to greece with plans to turkey and syria. He got training in guns and explosives. He came back in june days after his brother was killed in syria. Mohamud said he was told to come back home to carry out a terrorist attack. According to the fbi, mohamud talked about killing police executionstyle. Happening now, air strikes by the u. S. Led coalition helping contain an isis advance in the city of ramadi. With tens of thousands fleeing, a senior official in Anbar Province the air strikes
Were headed back. Breaking news we are following in nepal right now. More than 800 people have been killed after a 7. 8magnitude earthquake rocking that country. The earthquake hit around madeday local time. The epicenter less than 50 miles from the capital of kathmandu. Hours later the area was shaken again with a series of at least 15 aftershocks. The earthquake triggered landslides on nearby Mount Everest and some of nepals ancient historical sites have been devastated. Theres a frantic search for any survivors among the crumbled buildings, the United Nations in fact is reporting nearly 40 of the country has been affected by the earthquake. Lets get more now on the devastating quake, ravi agrival is cnns india bureau chief, hes in calcutta india, not far from nepal. Tell me more about what was felt and what kind of efforts are under way to try to find any survivors. The many impacted . Well here in colcutta we felt some tremors, but the real story is out there in kathmandu, in nepal
World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It is a war seemingly without end as we were reminded today with word a u. S. Drone strike targeting al qaeda militants along the afghanistan pakistan border killed two western hostages including an american aid worker the u. S. Had spent years trying to free and an italian aid worker. Their deaths happened in january but were publicly revealed today by president obama. We also learned today two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed. We have two reports and start with Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter . Reporter lester, good evening. The president today said that he deeply regrets the loss of two innocent lives and that he demanded the information be declassified insisting the victims families deserve to know the truth. In an extraordinary statement, president obama today confessed that the u. S. Accidentally killed two hostages,including an american they had
As the greatest threat to national security. 87 of americans say its a serious threat. Youre doing an entire special on how isis really blind sided the world. That poll is a fascinating one because it shows that isis has won in one of its most important realms which is the Publicity Campaign the pr front. They want you to think they are the scariest baddest terrorist organization in the world. Its working, though, apparently fareed. Theyve killed a handful of americans. Yet, they have managed to scare the hell out of everyone. And that is partly you know thats largely a product of a very Sophisticated Media operation, Public Relations operation, social media operation, and we get into that in the special. But look the reality of isis and the ability of it to portray itself in this way are two slightly different things. Let me move off isis momentarily. I think also hearing the president bring up iran and iran was the second most serious threat according to americans. Here you have as r
Hillary clinton says he is also prepared to answer why. Her Campaign Today rolled out the beginning of her run for president. She was also outside of her Campaign Headquarters in brooklyn, new york this afternoon. I dont know dickerson will be here in just a moment with analysis but we begin with nancy cordes on the ground in iowa. I am getting ready for a long lot of things. Clinton. Isnt the first to speak in her announcement video or the second the third or the fourth. My daughter is about to start kindergarten next year. I am getting married this summer. And what i really care about. Instead we hear from young parents. A factory worker, a college student, folks with big plans for the future. Clinton makes her first appearance about a minute and a half in. I am getting ready to do something too. I am running for president. Every day americans need a champion and i want to be that champion. The video reflects a philosophy laid out in a Clinton Campaign Mission Statement obtained by c